The Courtship Plan by Kathleen Fuller

Finding a husband is serious business. And serious business requires serious planning.

Charity Raber is one of many single women who came to Birch Creek, Ohio, with one goal in mind: secure a husband from among the desperate bachelors a newspaper advertisement claimed inhabited the town. Even though that claim proved to be nothing more than a cruel prank, Charity is still hopeful that her happy ending might be within reach when she’s set up on a date with Jesse Bontrager. That is until Jesse not-so-gently shares that he has no interest in a relationship with anyone—and especially not with her.

One year later, Charity is working as a caretaker for a kind, elderly English woman in the nearby town of Marigold. She’s also working hard on a brand-new courtship plan. A plan that absolutely does not involve Jesse Bontrager. But when he moves next door and is made aware of her scheming, Charity vows to prove that her plan is foolproof. Meanwhile, Jesse is sure she’ll make a fool of herself. And for some reason he’s not willing to let that happen.

This stubborn bachelor and determined bachelorette will soon learn that their plans rarely work out as expected—but God’s plans always will.

My thoughts:

I had mixed feelings about this book at first, I didn’t like Charity very much which was concerning because she is one of the main characters.  I did start liking her once she moved to Marigold where she became a caretaker for a kind elderly lady.  I think I fell in love with the rowdy dog owned by Charity’s employer before I cared about Charity.

I thought the courtship plan Charity engaged in was fairly amusing as were the interactions with her least favorite person, Jesse Bontrager.  They have a rocky past from Birch Creek were they both used to live, that caused embarrassing times for Charity.  I became more engaged in the story a few chapters in and found myself chuckling and shaking my head at some of the things I was reading.   It turned out to be a much better read than I thought and promises to be another good series by Ms. Fuller.

I received a copy from the publisher through Netgalley.  Opinions are my own.